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• AMD reaaaally wants you to buy its new cryptocurrency mining gear

  Popular hardware manufacturer AMD wants you to buy its new GPUs and mining rigs so bad, it has created a new "explainer" ...

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• Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘endorsement’ of cryptocurrency is a shameless ad

  Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle brand Goop is telling peolpe to buy cryptocurrency from Abra – a company Paltrow is financially ...

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• Hong Kong exchange shuts down cryptocurrency mining pool after 4 years

  What was once the second largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by volume, BTCC, is shutting down its mining pool later ...

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• It takes three times more energy to mine Bitcoin than gold

  According to newly published research, mining cryptocurrency takes nearly twice as much energy than mining gold, platinum, ...

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• India’s national disaster authority hacked to promote Bitcoin scams on Twitter

  Cryptocurrency scammers hacked the official Twitter account of India's National Disaster Management Authority to promote ...

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• IBM’s blockchain-powered AR gaming system is dangerously flawed

  IBM has filed a patent for a new AR game system that uses blockchain to record location data. The problem: the system doesn't ...

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• Here’s the difference between ‘permissioned’ and ‘permissionless’ blockchains

  There are two broad categories of blockchain emerging: permissioned and permissionless. Let's take a look and define what ...

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• Tokyo travelers can now rent a limousine with Bitcoin

  The Japanese capital has taken another step towards cryptocurrency "mass adoption," and will be giving high-rollers another ...

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• Major European film group hacked to promote Bitcoin scam on Twitter

  No, it's not Elon Musk: the Twitter account of Pathé, Europe's second largest studio, has been hacked to spread malicious ...

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• Moonday Mornings: Intel CPU weakness could compromise cryptocurrency private keys

  It's Moonday Morning so that means we have this week's roundup of cryptocurrency and blockchain news from over the last weekend. ...

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• Bulgarian officials took Bitcoin bribes to issue passports to Ukrainians

  Two Bulgarian government reps have been arrested on allegations of accepting bribes in Bitcoin in return for illegitimately ...

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• Google Play app caught phishing for cryptocurrency exchange login details

  Despite Google's hardline stance against malicious cryptocurrency apps, some still find ways of sneaking through its net. ...

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